Classes
Each class meets the AT requirement for a 3 credit (45 contact hours), graduate level course and is taught by credentialed faculty in their respective disciplines. (The psychodrama class also provides 45 training hours for psychodrama certification through the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy).
Our courses will be offered in three different formats:
Due to the changing nature of Covid-19, we reserve the right to adjust the advertised format to meet public health safety needs.
Our courses will be offered in three different formats:
- In-person week-long intensives.
- Online courses via Zoom
- Hybrid courses which integrate 30 hours of online learning with a 15 hour experiential, in-person weekend.
Due to the changing nature of Covid-19, we reserve the right to adjust the advertised format to meet public health safety needs.
Principles of Drama Therapy
Hybrid Format
Instructor: TBD
TBD
(3 credits - you must attend both the online and in-person modules to receive credit for this class)
This course provides an introduction to the field of drama therapy including the theories and principles that guide drama therapy practice. This course will include discussion of the history of drama therapy with sources in theater and psychotherapy, as well as an exploration of current approaches and their theoretical foundations. The requirements for registry as a drama therapist and typical sites for practice will be examined along with basic ethical and cultural humility considerations for drama therapists. The course will address both in-person therapy and tele-health considerations and will introduce the drama therapy core processes.
Course Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
-- Describe the history and influences in the development of the profession of Drama Therapy in the United States and Canada.
-- Identify the major approaches to drama therapy, and their theoretical foundations.
-- Discuss ethical considerations and cultural humility in the practice of drama therapy.
-- Describe settings where drama therapy may be practiced and methods that may be used.
-- Be able to create a plan and structure for a drama therapy session.
-- Be able to articulate the core processes of drama therapy
-- Be able to access additional drama therapy resources
Texts:
Current Approaches in Drama Therapy 3rd edition
Acting for Real, 2nd edition
Additional readings as assigned
Hybrid Format
Instructor: TBD
TBD
(3 credits - you must attend both the online and in-person modules to receive credit for this class)
This course provides an introduction to the field of drama therapy including the theories and principles that guide drama therapy practice. This course will include discussion of the history of drama therapy with sources in theater and psychotherapy, as well as an exploration of current approaches and their theoretical foundations. The requirements for registry as a drama therapist and typical sites for practice will be examined along with basic ethical and cultural humility considerations for drama therapists. The course will address both in-person therapy and tele-health considerations and will introduce the drama therapy core processes.
Course Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
-- Describe the history and influences in the development of the profession of Drama Therapy in the United States and Canada.
-- Identify the major approaches to drama therapy, and their theoretical foundations.
-- Discuss ethical considerations and cultural humility in the practice of drama therapy.
-- Describe settings where drama therapy may be practiced and methods that may be used.
-- Be able to create a plan and structure for a drama therapy session.
-- Be able to articulate the core processes of drama therapy
-- Be able to access additional drama therapy resources
Texts:
Current Approaches in Drama Therapy 3rd edition
Acting for Real, 2nd edition
Additional readings as assigned
Creative Arts Therapy
In-Person Format
Instructor: Louisa Foster, Psy.D., RDT/BCT
Danielle Laurion MA, R-DMT, GLCMA, LMHP
Pamela Mueggenberg, M.S., LMHP
Hillary Rubesin, Ph.D., LIMHP, CPC, REAT
Bridget M. Shevlin, MT-BC, CCTP
Gina Tranisi, MA
Monday, May 15th 9:00 am to Sunday, May 21st at noon
(3 credits)
Through reading, discussion, and experience students gain understanding of a wide range of creative arts modalities and therapeutic approaches. Appropriateness of application of modalities and methods for various populations is discussed. Art (drawing, painting, sculpting), poetry, journaling, storytelling, dance/movement, music (instruments and singing) are explored and woven intermodally with drama. An overview of intermodal therapy is also presented as its own unique discipline.
In this course, participants are exposed to specialized disciplines beyond their current level of training and/or outside of the purview of Drama Therapy. Use of these modalities, without proper training and supervision, would exceed their scope of practice. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with professional standards and limits of practice as defined by the ethics code, as well as licensing and credentialing laws in the state of practice.
The course includes theory and practice from the domains of Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Spoken Word Therapy, and Intermodal Therapy, presented by clinicians with expertise in each of these modalities. The culminating project for the course will be a short Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance incorporating at least two of these modalities to be presented to an invited audience on the final evening of the course.
Students should be prepared for an intensive experience where they will be asked to integrate information quickly and apply it to personal, growth-oriented storytelling, demonstrating not only appropriate content knowledge, but polished performance aesthetics as well.
This class includes two Zoom calls, one before the class meets for introductions, as well as an integration meeting after the class has concluded. Students will be asked to write a comprehensive final paper to be submitted within a month following the completion of the course.
In-Person Format
Instructor: Louisa Foster, Psy.D., RDT/BCT
Danielle Laurion MA, R-DMT, GLCMA, LMHP
Pamela Mueggenberg, M.S., LMHP
Hillary Rubesin, Ph.D., LIMHP, CPC, REAT
Bridget M. Shevlin, MT-BC, CCTP
Gina Tranisi, MA
Monday, May 15th 9:00 am to Sunday, May 21st at noon
(3 credits)
Through reading, discussion, and experience students gain understanding of a wide range of creative arts modalities and therapeutic approaches. Appropriateness of application of modalities and methods for various populations is discussed. Art (drawing, painting, sculpting), poetry, journaling, storytelling, dance/movement, music (instruments and singing) are explored and woven intermodally with drama. An overview of intermodal therapy is also presented as its own unique discipline.
In this course, participants are exposed to specialized disciplines beyond their current level of training and/or outside of the purview of Drama Therapy. Use of these modalities, without proper training and supervision, would exceed their scope of practice. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with professional standards and limits of practice as defined by the ethics code, as well as licensing and credentialing laws in the state of practice.
The course includes theory and practice from the domains of Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Spoken Word Therapy, and Intermodal Therapy, presented by clinicians with expertise in each of these modalities. The culminating project for the course will be a short Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance incorporating at least two of these modalities to be presented to an invited audience on the final evening of the course.
Students should be prepared for an intensive experience where they will be asked to integrate information quickly and apply it to personal, growth-oriented storytelling, demonstrating not only appropriate content knowledge, but polished performance aesthetics as well.
This class includes two Zoom calls, one before the class meets for introductions, as well as an integration meeting after the class has concluded. Students will be asked to write a comprehensive final paper to be submitted within a month following the completion of the course.
Drama Therapy with Special Populations
Instructor: TBD
DATES TBD
(3 credits)
Instructor: TBD
DATES TBD
(3 credits)
Advanced Elective: Introduction to Playback Theatre
Instructor: Liz Muckley, RDT/BCT, LCPC
DATES TBD
(3 credits)
Students learn the method of Playback Theatre, founded by Jonathan Fox with Jo Salas and others. Life stories are shared and then re-enacted spontaneously by a team of actors and a musician. It is an educational and curative form of theatre, now practiced in community settings worldwide in more than 50 countries. Students practice roles of conductor and musician as well as actor, paying attention to positive group process and studying basic theory, including the relationship of playback theatre to therapeutic practice. Playback forms taught include fluid sculptures, pairs, and full stories
Instructor: Liz Muckley, RDT/BCT, LCPC
DATES TBD
(3 credits)
Students learn the method of Playback Theatre, founded by Jonathan Fox with Jo Salas and others. Life stories are shared and then re-enacted spontaneously by a team of actors and a musician. It is an educational and curative form of theatre, now practiced in community settings worldwide in more than 50 countries. Students practice roles of conductor and musician as well as actor, paying attention to positive group process and studying basic theory, including the relationship of playback theatre to therapeutic practice. Playback forms taught include fluid sculptures, pairs, and full stories